Draenei Last Names

Post by darkton

Her name is a reference to Oprah Winfrey, the famous American talkshow hostess. This makes her one of very few draenei with a last name

I was a little suprised to see this. In all my years of playing World of Warcraft, I had never noticed draenei don't have last names. I noticed it with trolls, some orcs, and a few humans... but never the draenei.

And that got me thinking: If draenei had lasts names, what would they be?

Humans have random letters put together, orcs last names are weapons and jaws, dwarfs last names are beards and hammers, gnomes names are gears, night elves have feathers, taruen use weather names, blood elves have last names that have to do with the sun, and the undead either have human last names, or dark-ish last names.

What would a draenei last name be like? If it has something to do with thier culture, then it might have "Narru" in it.

Since draenei is such a ancient race, I am kind of suprised they don't have any last names.

Post by Adamsm

Closest thing to a last name most Draenei have is the town/city/planet they grew up on. I don't think they ever seen the need for it; after all Velen Archimonde and Kil'jaeden are all just one names with a title.

Post by darkton

But if they were to have last names, what do you think they would be?

Post by Adamsm

Same as the other races, something that makes sense to their cultural/race.

Post by Neonhyper

I would think their names would be related to the light or... well.. holy... and such.

Post by BuryYourDead

Velen Crashvessel

Post by Patty

Velen Crashvessel

o i c wut u did thur.

They might have had last names as Eredar, but following Sargeras' corruption of most of the race - They abandoned them? It would make sense.

Post by mrfoughtforever

The WoW TCG features a few Draenei who have last names.

Post by darkton

What are some of thier last names?

Post by HiVolt

This just occurred to me but, some of the named guards, people of importance, etc., might already have surnames, but we perceive them as first names.

Example:

King Genn

King Greymane

He is more commonly referred to by the latter term.

As an antithesis to the previous example:

Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Windsor

The former example is the one that is used most often. (In fact I don't think I've ever heard her referred to as "Queen Windsor" for that matter unless her full name preceded the surname, and even that has only been on very rare occasions.)

Either situation could be the case for the Draenei, but it's some food for thought.

Post by Rankkor

draenei tradition normally doesn't share last-names as that would impply Lineage, and Family cast, and of course with that comes, discrimination in one way or another.

on draenei society all are equals and to show that, they don't have any family names, to make the point that in the light all are one big happy light-filled family of space goats :P

the few who do have last-names are the draenei shamans, as they kinda shy away from tradition.

draenei have been since what 25k years paladins, priests, mages, warriors, and hunters, these professions are as natural to them as jewelcrafting is.

but shamanism is an alien concept to them, introduced to their society less than 50 years ago, they don't frown on it, or think less of it, but it still is viewed outside of what normaly draenei do of their lives.

because of this shamans usually adopt lastnames, and these lastnames have to do with the elements and nature.

if draenei were to adopt last-names then the common feature would be the light of course and the naaru, but I can't think of any good combinations of features to make a decent last-name for a draenei, hence why my lowbie draenei paladin on an RP realm is just called Taleeria the Vindicator.

Post by Orranis

Velen Crashvessel

o i c wut u did thur.

They might have had last names as Eredar, but following Sargeras' corruption of most of the race - They abandoned them? It would make sense.

Don't thinks so, Archimonde and friends don't seem to have last names.

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